On August 25, 1947, at an east end Toronto church, Margaret McCarroll married Prosper Brioux. These kids had met less than six months earlier. They were married over 65 years. This is a 16mm home movie, shot in black and white and colour, which follows the couple as they embarked on a very rustic, rural
Why this film and why now? Paul’s Christmas 1946 was one of my dad Ross Brioux’s 16mm films I could have transferred and edited anytime. Almost everyone featured in this eight-minute story has passed on. That even includes the young four- or five-year-old who is the main focus – Paul Morin. He died, tragically, in
Here’s what my dad did in the war: Prosper (Ross) Brioux was part of the Canadian Provost Corps, basically a member of the Military Police. This film shows what army life was like during World War II at Camp Borden (now Base Borden), an army training centre near Barrie, Ont. Ross received his basic and
This film is so my dad. Ross Brioux was a real neighbourhood guy, going door-to-door calling on the locals. Many became lifelong friends including brothers “Bus” and “Sping” Turner. The fact my dad knew guys named “Bus” and “Sping” is so him, too. Men of the early ’40s had nicknames pulled from daily newspaper comic
